BAE Replica and the Joint Strike Fighter negotiations

Was BAE Replica intended simply to obtain greater British involvement in the Joint Strike Fighter programme?

Replica openly gave BAE more technical capabilities to offer the programme and strengthened Britain's position.

Replica gave BAE more capabilities to offer the Joint Strike Fighter programme. British research methods and funding arrangements provided advantages that could make those contributions useful. British funding is characterized as more opaque than American funding. That opacity does not make Replica's purpose a secret conspiracy: improving the company's position and contribution was an openly pursued objective.